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They have them basically just missile frigates with new dispensers.
by rrmm 6y ago
They have them basically just missile frigates with new dispensers.
- _0ffh 6y agoThey will probably need a runway, for landing at least.
- rrmm 6y agoI can think of ways around that, but depends on what sort of missions you want to optimize for I guess.
- _0ffh 6y agoWell, yeah, you could do vertical landing or water landing. Both have precedent, but water landing probably implies craning the drones on board, which is slow. Vertical landing on the other hand might work well. You'd still need a flight deck for that, but a much smaller one.
- rrmm 6y agoI guess something helicopter-carrier sized? I would think the main thing would be to avoid supercarrier sorts of ships. Smaller ships with similar capabilities would mean you'd be able to field more groups.
- jerrysievert 6y agoI would think that the salt from a water landing (ocean) might be prohibitive.
- PeterisP 6y agoLaunch and landing does not necessarily need to happen in the same platform. It could be reasonable to have a delivery mechanism for drones that's close to where the action might be (so that the drones can reach the target quickly) but the surviving drones have to go way back somewhere else to land and be refurbished/refueled/rearmed for another mission.